Midnight Blue

I’m the king with no subjects

The vain man with no crowd

The drunk twat who’s always so fucking loud

And you’re the rivers and mountains

Maybe even the oxygen itself

You’re the wind that carries me from place to place

The only high I always chase

I felt like a flower that had just endured weeks of hail and rain, finally feeling the soft kiss of the sun, and knowing that somehow, someway, things would be all right. Maybe not tomorrow, and certainly not today, but they would.

The most important dance you’ll have in your life is one that does not require music.

A big part of loving people and feeling loved is taking care of them, even when they infuriate you. You build confidence and security not only in being taken care of, but also by taking care of your loved ones.

Because we’re going to write music together. And get drunk on words. And bone against the glass door. Because we make sense. Because I’m tired of your fears. This is our tour. Our album. Our soul.”

ce. She always seemed like an open book, eager to be stained by ink in different colors.

What do you want from me, Alex?”

Everything. I want everything, and then all the things you’ve already given away to other people. I want them back, too.

He pushed the door the rest of the way open, silently walked in, cupped the side of my face, his thumbs on my cheeks, and kissed me.

You’re young, and available, and fit. You shouldn’t be so closed off. Get drunk. Fuck famous blokes. Post pictures of yourself all over the world on Instagram. You should live and make mistakes, and I’m offering to be one of those mistakes, because you have nothing to lose. We have an expiration date. We have a deadline. We have endless five-star hotel rooms and an album to write and your family to save and just fucking admit it—all arrows point in the same direction. Us. Together. For now.”

“No one is a grown-up when given a choice. It’s something you’re forced into.”